Ever since moving over to the Profoto lighting system i was very unimpressed when using the Canon Speedlite either on or off camera. The quality of light just wasn´t up to my standards. But i wanted to have something light and small. Hence i started another DIY project, the ProLite! It is basically a steel tube that has a Stofen Omnibounce attached. The fantastic Profoto light modifiers clamp onto the steel tube. Now it is possible to mount softboxes, reflectors and the beauty dish on the Speedlite. The most difficult part was finding a tube with the right diameter and cutting the hole out. I use an Avenger D200 head to mount the ProLite on a lightstand, this also allows tilting.
Lightoutput is limited though, so it is not really useful when the sun is out. It gives about f8 at 3m with the Profoto zoomreflector 2. Should i ever upgrade my Skyports to the new Pocketwizzards with TTL capability i might have a chance to battle the sun via HSS but until then i have to bring the big lights.
I am quite amazed with the lightquality though. The Stofen Omnibounce acts like a frosted glasscover like the one on my Profoto ProHeads. This results in really nice light!!!
This image shows the lightfalloff with the zoomreflector 2 (intentionally underexposed to show it better).
